Nyigina language

Nyikina
Spoken in Lower Fitzroy River, Western Australia
Ethnicity Nyigina
Native speakers unknown (50 cited 1981)
Language family
Nyulnyulan
  • Eastern
    • Nyikina
Writing system Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nyh

Nyikina (also Nyigina, Njigina) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Western Australia, spoken by the Nyigina people.

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Classification

R. M. W. Dixon (2002) regards Nyikina, Warrwa, Yawuru and Jukun as a single language.

Nyikina is placed in the Nyulnyulan family of non-Pama–Nyungan languages.

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